resize problem??

[madpup]

Ok guys what am i doing wrong?
took this shot at the Ramsgate boat races today and it looked good untill
i resized it, pp included crop, levels and usm, resized to 800 along the longest
edge
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/296/img7552eo6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and this one


http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7347/img7568ih7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[madpup]

PS: my first go at sports

[Cadwell]

They look over-sharpened. You may need to tone down your USM parameters a little for such small images.

[madpup]

Thanks Glenn, i'll give that a try.

[gillyworld]

Try applying sharpening after the resize - not before

Alan

[AzzA]

Looks to me like the resizing method could be "nearest neighbour" rather than the recommended "bicubic" ?

[madpup]

i have just checked AzzA and it is on bicubic, thanks for looking though.
gillyworld i will try that next time.

thanks guys

[darkvibe]

When you saved to jpeg how much compression did you use?